Splint-positioning device for match-machines.



H. A. GSELL.

SPLINT POSITIONING DEVICE PoR MATCH MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.1Q,`1911. 1 ,024,772. Patented Apr. 30, 1912.-

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HENRY ALFRED esnLL, or PAR-1s, FRANCE.

SPLINT-EOSITIONING DEVICE FOR MATCH-MACHINES.

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Application filed March 10, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ALFRED GSELL, a. citizen of the Confederation of Switzerland, residing at Paris, in the Republic of France, have invented a new and useful Splint-Positioning Device for Match-Machines, of which the following is a specication.

Ordinary splint positioning devices for match-machines are in general so arranged, that they can introduce the splints discharged from the magazine into two or more superposed rows of holes in the known carriers of the dipping device and push their ends into the said holes. As is well known, the holes in the several superposed rows in the carrier alternate with one another. n consequence of this the slide movable beneath the magazine in the ordinary devices o is provided with a series of parallel grooves of an alternating depth in correspondence with the lower hole walls of two or more superposed rows of holes in the carrier, so that the shallow grooves are just able to each receive a splint from the magazine, while in the deep grooves several superposed splints at a time could nd space. This, however, is a serious disadvantage in the old devices, as it is very diticult to so arrange the device as to permit only one splint to be ejected into the lower row of holes, the superposed splint being retained in the deep grooves; these deep grooves being blocked by splints which are either too thick or crooked, or broken, and to clear such grooves may practicallyT necessitate the stoppingof operation unless very complicated devices are employed for the purpose of keeping the grooves clear.

My invention relates to improvements in such splint positioning devices, whereby only single splints are permitted to drop into the grooves and the several splints can be safely pushed with their ends into the holes of two or more superposed rows in the carrier.

The improved device presents the advantage, that for the one extreme position of the slide beneath the magazine the parallel grooves in the slide have all the same depth and can each receive only a single splint, while for the other eXtreme position of the slide in proximity to the carrier the parallel grooves in the slide are alternately shallow and deep, if two rows of holes in the carrier are to be simultaneously supplied with splints, or the grooves may be in groups in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

serial No. 613,631.

each of which the depth of the grooves increases in depth from one to the other, in case more than two rows of holes in the carrier are to receive splints. This effect is obtained with simple means. Either the slide may be provided with grooves, the depth of which is constant for some of them and is made to vary for the other grooves during the motion of the slide from one eX- treme position to the other extreme position, or the slide may be provided with movable ejectors adapted to till up spaces in one eX- treme position and to withdraw from the spaces for the other eXtreme position.

A further improvement consists of a pusher adapted to automatically feed the carriers one after the other downward in such a manner, that the slide charged with splints can push the ends of the splints into fresh rows of holes in the carriers at the proper moment. An operating shaft in the match-machine is utilized for horizontally reciprocating the slide by means of eccentrics and rods and for vertically reciprocating the pusher by means of cam disks, springpressed rods and two-armed levers.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa vertical longitudinal sect-ion through the splint positioning device, Fig. 2 is an elevation of the pusher, Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on an enlarged scale through a part of the slide, when it occupies its one extreme position beneath the magazine, Fig. 4c is a similar section, the slide occupying its other eXtreme position beneath the pusher, and a few splints positioned in the carrier being shown in cross section, Fig. 5 is similar to Fig. l and shows a modification of the slide, Fig. 6 is a vertical cross section on an enlarged scale through a part of the modified slide, when it occupies its one extreme position beneath the magazine, Fig. 7 is a similar section, the slide occupying its other extreme position beneath the pusher, and a few splints positioned in the carrier being shown in cross section, and Fig. 8 is a plan view on a reduced scale of a part of the slide.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The frame of the splint positioning device shown at Fig. l consists of two parallel columns l (of which one only is visible) forming part of the frame of the match-ma` chine and o'lE two 11111'11111'1 heut supports Q coimecled with the 001111111115. Each support 2 is 111111111 in one with two eyes 3, 13, in which a horizontal liar -1- fastened. The two 111115 -lserve as guides :for two sleeves f1 111a11e 111 one with a 111111211111111 slide or carriage n operating shaft 7 tornling part oit the inatclr-inaehine and driven h v a helt 8 and. 11 pulleyT in the (1111111111111 o1i the arrow 10 hasl fastened on it two 11111-1 eccentrics 1l one ot' 11111111 1111137 being 1151111111, whic1 are pirotallv connected with the two sleeves I3 o1E the sl ide 13 h v 1111111115 of two eccentric rods l2. 111 this manner the slide (i is reciprocated once .1111' every revolution of' the operating shatt 7. '(111 the 'two 1111111111115 l two hearings (notl shown) are secured, in which the journals o1 a druin 13 are mounted to turn. The width ot lthe drinn 1B is approximately equal to the length ot carriers 1%, 1-1; and is quite free to turn. The ends o't carriers 1.11-, 1-1- are guided in curved guides 14 t'a Ycned on the two celinnns 1., so that the carriers are obliged to 111111111 in the curve shown. )1 splint magazine 19 is fastened on the two supports 2 in any 11111111111 111111111111* (not shown) and the. slide 6 is arranged 'to 11111111 close hen 111th the maga- Z1ne l). 111111111 the slide t3 occupies its one extreme position on the right, as showin, its lett edge Q0 is on the right side of the inside of the lett wall ot the magazine 19 at a short distance tl1er1-vlfron1, 11111'` when the slide G occupies its other extreme position on the leit, its lett edge 20 will 511111 reinain at a siight distance troiu the respetive carrier .1-1. so that the slide 13 is in a manner to 11e descrihed later on 1111111111111 to push the tree ends ot the splints Q1 into the holes of the carrier 111-.

111 suitable hearings lo on tl e cohnnns i1 a shaft 111 is mounted to roclt. which has fastened on it two horizontal two-armed levers 17, 15%. The arnis 117 Carr)T at their free ends two pins 2Q, 'troni which a bent pusher 23 ot the shape shown at 111g. 2 is suspended. 11111111111111111111' the pusher 223 guided 111 suitahle arms @it on the magazine 197 so as to prevent it from damaging the carriers '1.4. The other arms 18 of the 1evers 1T. 1S, are pivotall'j,y co1n1eeted with two slotted links Q5, which 11 re guided hy the operating shaft passing throiwh their 1 slots and Carr)T at their lower ends wo rollers 213.r that are adapted to r1111 on the peri11he11v ot two cani disks 2T fastened on the operating sha'tt 7. Two helical springs Q8 connecting the pins 29 o1 the :1i-111s 1S vith suitable studs 30 on the co1 ninns l serve 'for pressing the two ro11ers 26 upward against the two cain disks 27.

Each carrier 141 is assumed to have four parallel rows oit holesg the ho1es in any row alternating with the holes of lthe neighboring rows, as usual and as is indicated in 111g. et, where. several splintsI 2l, 21 pushed into the holes ot the carrier are shown in cross section. As the slide (i is adapted, in a inanner to 11e presently described, to push 'the splints only into the holes o'li two superposed rows in the Carrier 111-, the Cain disks 2 are so shaped as to inove the pusher 23 a length equal to the vertical distance between any horizontal row of holes and the next hut one following row. 1n the present casev this distance is equal to halt the width of any carrier 11. 1in consequence of this the operating shaft 7 niust necessarily make two revolutions to enable the pusher to i11- terinittently feed one carrier aft'ter the other in the direction of the arrow il The drinn 13 is taken along with the carrier l1 51111111)7 hy the friction between thein.

The slide 6 is provided with a` series ot parallel grooves 3Q', 33 (Fig. l1) oit alternating depth.y which grooves for the extreme position oit the slide shown at Fig. l extend from the left` edge 2O to a point on the right side of the inside of the right wall ot the magazine 19 at a slight distance therefrom. rEherehy the splints 2lY are enabled te freely drop into the grooves 33 troin the magazine 19. The deep grooves 33, 33 cenununicate with horizontal cross channels, 111 which ejectors 311 84E (Figs. l and f3) are guided. The right hand ends ot the cjectors in 111g. l are (11111111111111:1113T l'1ent and e11- gage in holes of a` cross bar 351', which at the ends is guided in suitable guides 11) fastened on the supports 2. The slide G is provided with several parallel arms 3T, in the hentfree ends of which adjiiisting screws SS are disposed. r1"he cross har o5 is adapted to 11e struck hy the right edge of the slide 6 and to 11e therebf,T pushed to the right.y while the adjusting screws 38 are adapted to strike the. cross har 35 and to push it to the left. 11111011 the cross har is in contact with the right edge of the slide 6, the leitt ends of the ejectors 341 in Fig. l are inade to 1111511 with the lett edge Q0 oit the slide. 'Vhen, however, the cross loar 35 is in contact with the adjusting screws 38, the left ends ot the ejectors 3-1 are niade to flush with the right end walls o1 the deep grooves 851. r1`he ejectors 311-, 511 are niade so high, that their 1111- per surfaces are in the saine plane as the hottoins o1 the shallow grooves 32, as is dearl)T shown atI Fig. 8.

Freni an examination oit 1F igs. l and 3 it will he evident, that ttor the ext-renie. position of the slide 6 shown at Fig. l the deep grooves 33, 33 are illed by the ejectors 341 up to the plane of the li1otto1ns of the shallow grooves 32, 32, so that onlyY a single splint 21 can drop from the magazine l) into each shallow groove 3Q and into the upper part of each deep groove YVhen the slide G is inoved by the two eccentrics ll and two rods l2 to the left in Fig. l the right end walls of the shallow grooves 32, and the upper right end walls of the deep grooves 33, 33 will strike the right ends of the splints 21 lying in these grooves and push these splints from under the column of splints in the magazine 19. As at this moment the pressure on the single splints' 21 from above ceases, the ejectors 34 are no lo-nger held by the friction produced by the said pressure, so that the cross bar 35 will stop and withdraw all the ejectors 34, and consequently the single splints 21, 21 in the deep grooves 33, 33 will drop on the loottoms and will now register with the holes of the lower row in the carrier 14. The slide 6 is therefore now enabled to push the left ends of the splints into the holes of both the upper and the lower row, since the splints in the shallow grooves 32 are pushed forward by the right end walls of these grooves and the splints in the deep grooves 33, 33 are pushed forward by the ejectors 34, 34, as the adjusting screws 38 have meanwhile struck the cross bar 35 and thereby act upon the ejectors. During the return of the slide 6 the pusher 23 is moved downward, so that it strikes the positioned splints and thereby moves the series of carriers 14, 14 through a distance suflicient for permitting the slide 6 to push fresh splints into the holes of the two next following rows.

The pusher 23 is shown to be provided with teeth 39, 39, which are adapted to press on the splints of the lower row, while the bottoms of the tooth spaces are adapted to press on the splints of the upper row. lVhere so preferred, the teeth 39, 39 may be omitted.

Of course the slide 6 may be so modified as to push the ends of splints into the holes of more than two superposed rows. The essential point is, that all the ejectors of a varying height be adapted to fill all the deeper grooves up to the plane of the bottom of the shallow grooves and to permit the single splints to drop on the bottoms of the deeper grooves, the depth of, which varies.

The carriers 14, 14 charged with splints 21, 21 move to the dipping device as usual.

The splint positioning device described so far may be modified as follows: The slide 6 is replaced by another slide 40 (Figs. 5 to S) movable with its two sleeves 41 on the two bars 4 and provided with a series of horizontal teeth 42, 42 (see Fig. 7). The slide therefore looks like a comb and has at the ends two arms 43 (Fig. 8) which are each provided with a vert-ical groove 46 of a dovetailed cross section. A subsidiary slide 44 is vertically guided on the slide 40 by means of its two dovetailed projections 45 engaging in the grooves 46. The subsidiary slide is also made to look like a comb, it being provided with bent teeth 46,

which engage in the narrow spaces between the teeth 42 of the slide 40 and are therein guided. The subsidiary slide 44 is at the lower end provided with two wheels 47, which are adapted to roll on a cross bar 48 secured between the two supports 2. The teeth 42, 42 of the slide 40 are provided in their upper surfaces with shallow grooves 49, 49 corresponding to 32, 32 in Figs. 3 and 4. The spaces 50, 50 between the teeth 42, 42 have the same width as the shallow grooves 49, 49, which width is slightly larger than the width of any splint 21. The upper surface of the cross bar 48 is stepped as shown in Fig. 5, so that the upper surfaces of the teeth 46, 46 of the subsidiary slide 44 remain in the plane of the bottoms of the .shallow grooves 49 (see Fig. 6) during the first portion of the stroke of the slides 40, 44 from right to left in Fig. 5, until the single splints 21, 21 in the shallow grooves' 49, 49 and in the upper parts of the spaces 50, 50 have been ejected from-the magazine 19 through a distance about like three fourths of their length, whereupon the subsidiary slide 44 will gradually lower into the position shown at Fig. 7, so -that the upper surfaces of its teeth 46, 46 will be in the plane of the lower sides of the holes in the carrier 14, in other words in the plane of the lower sides of the splints 21 of the lower row to be pushed into the carrier. This lower position of the subsidiary slide 44 in relation to the slide 40 will be henceforward maintained during the last portion of the stroke, so that the ends of the lower splints 21 lying on the upper surfaces of the teeth 46, 46 can be safely driven into the holes of the carrier 14, the same as the ends of the upper splints 21 are driven into the corresponding holes. It will be seen, that also by the modified slide the advantage is obtained, that only a single splint can drop from t-he magazine into each o-f the shallow and deep grooves and can be properly positioned.

The splint positioning device can be varied in many respects without departing from the spiritl of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a splint positioning device, the combination with a frame, of a splint magazine Vin said frame, a series of carriers guided in said frame and having each superposed rows of holes for the splints and the holes in any horizontal row alternating with the holes in the neighboring rows, means for intermittently feeding downward said carriers, a slide guided in said frame beneath said magazine and having in its upper sur-` face a series of parallel grooves of various depth corresponding with their bottoms to the lower sides of the holes in several superposed rows in said carriers, means forreciprocating said slide, and means for reducing' the depth of the deeper grooves to that ot the shallow grooves tor one extreme position ot said slide beneath said magazine and tor reistablislring their full depth tor the other extreme position in proximity ot said carriers.

lln a splint positioning device, the combination with a trame, ot a splint magazine in said itrame, a series ot carriers f 'uided in said trame and having each superposed rows ot holes :tor the splints and the holes in any horizontal row alternatingwith the holes in the neighbor'ingl rows, i'neans it'or intermittently feedingl downward said carriers, a lslide guided in said frame beneath said magazine and having; in its upper surface a series ot parallel lgrooves oit various depth corresponding' with their bottoms to he lower sides ot the holes in several superposed rows in said carriers, parallel ejectors horizontally guided in said slide and adapted to lill np the deeper grooves to a depth like that ot the shallow grooves each arranged :tor receiving a single splint and to withdraw troni the grooves whereby the single splints are permitted to drop on the bottoms oi the deeper grooves, means for reciprocatinr;l said slide, and means for moving' said ejectors during the motion ot said slide.

15. ln a splint positioning device, the combination with a traine, oit a drinn loose in said trame, a series ot carriers so guided in said trame as to come in contact with said drum and to take it along; with them betere leaving it, said carriers having each super- ]Viosed rows ot holes tor the splints, an operating' shaitt parallel to said drum and mounted to turn in said trame, a splint magazine in said trame, a slide guided in said trame beneath said magazine and adapted to receire therefrom splints and to drive them into several superposed rows of holes in said carriers, means operated trom said operating shaft for reciprocating said slide, a pusher vertically `guided in said vtra me and adapted `to strike and push down- Yard the splints just driven into any of said carriers whereby the latter are intermittently ted, and means operated by said operating;` shaft for reciprocating said pusher.

4l. in a splint positioning device, the combination with a frame, of a drum loose in l rid trame, a series oit carriers so guided in said :trame as to come in contact with said drum and to take it along with them before leaving it, said carriers having each superposed rows et holes for the splints, an operating shaft parallel to said drum and mounted to turn in said frame, a splint magazine in said trame, a slide guided in said trame beneath said magazine and adapted to receive therefrom splints and to drive them into several. superposed rows of holes in said carriers, eccentrics on said operating shaft, eccentric rods connecting said cccentrics with said slide, cam disks on said operating shatt, a shaft parallel to said drum mounted in said trame to rock, twoarmed levers on said shaft, rods pivotally connected at One end wit-h arms oft said twoarmed levers and guided on` said operating shaft, rollers at the other ends oi' said rods adapted to roll on said cam disks, springs tor pressing said rollers on said. cam disks, and a pusher guided in said 'frame and pivotally connected with the other arms ot said two-armed levers, whereby said pusher is adaiarted to strike and push downward the splints just driven into any ot said carriers so that the latter are thereby intermittently ted.

HENRY ALFRED GSELL.

Vilitnesses:

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